Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Silberne Militärverdienstmedaille)

(Silberne Militärverdienstmedaille)

and "70" Collar Insignia (bronze

a branch of laurel leaves at the right

A signed photo of SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz (1909–1997)

where Birch was killed in action on 12 April 1917 in the attack on Hill 145 ‘The Pimple’

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Silberne Militärverdienstmedaille)(Olympia Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 4 February 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a gilded and ribbed five pointed star, in turn overlaid by a white enameled five pointed star, bearing raised and white enameled Olympic rings, topped by a white enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering and details highlighted in gilt, topped by an integral